From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HvJq3-0000TM-HD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:11:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l54L9AH6030158; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 21:09:10 GMT Received: from ms-smtp-04.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-04.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.103]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l54KxCxj015352 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 20:59:12 GMT Received: from booty.electronsweatshop.com (cpe-071-065-216-162.nc.res.rr.com [71.65.216.162]) by ms-smtp-04.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l54KxB82027433 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:59:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.136] (cpe-071-065-216-162.nc.res.rr.com [71.65.216.162]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by booty.electronsweatshop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4098537CC8 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 16:59:11 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <46648B05.5090706@electronsweatshop.com> Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:58:29 -0500 From: Randy Barlow User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070604) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Install Migration Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine X-Archives-Salt: 3ff3fae1-2757-43e9-a2ea-0cda8e521982 X-Archives-Hash: 5be04bb8f4764a7ddc1afe50452bba9a I've set up my desktop machine using LVM over software raid, and although I like it I'm getting weary of the complication of the setup for a simple desktop system. What I would like to do is get the same install (packages, config files, etc) as are currently used, but have it all on one file system for simplicity. I know I can use DD to copy a filesystem, but I don't think that will work in this case. I was thinking of doing a fresh install and then using my backup of /etc to try and get the same setup. If I copy the world file from the previous system and emerge -e world, will that get all the packages I currently have? Afterwards I would just copy the rest of /etc into place and go about on my merry way. Are there any problems with this approach? R -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list